SSC CHSL 2022 PYQ — Question 38

The correct answer is option 4 i.e. 1954.

•  Lalit Kala Akademi, National Academy of Art, New Delhi was set up by the Government of India as an autonomous body, on 5th August 1954 by the then Honourable Minister for Education, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.
• The Akademi was given statutory authority in 1957 under the Societies Registration Act 1860.
• Since its establishment, it has been serving the entire country by promoting the creative endeavours of Indian artists and bringing their arts to bear upon a large number of people.
• It plays an important role in defining and redefining the sensibility of an entire culture falling under the visual arts spectrum. Lalit Kala Akademi is an institution that has rendered service to the arts in the nation long before the world woke up to the global impact of Indian art.